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Track & Field II

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PlatformNESYear1988
PublisherKonamiDeveloperKonami
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Olympics, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer
RelatedTrack & Field (NES) Track & Field (GB) 
PlatformNES
Year1988
PublisherKonami
DeveloperKonami
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Sports, Mini-games, Olympics, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer
RelatedTrack & Field (NES)Track & Field (GB)

A follow-up to Konami's Track & Field, this sequel has twelve events including Fencing, Triple Jump, Freestyle Swimming, High Dive, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Hammer Throw, Taekwondo, Pole Vault, Canoeing, Archery, Hurdles, Horizontal Bar. Archery and Triple Jump appear in both the original as well as the sequel.
 
GoodBad
  • More detailed graphics
  • Voice lines in some events
  • Archery is improved
  • Audio clues only on when to start a race
  • Some of the events are unnecessarily complex
  • Less intuitive controls
  • Two player versus mode only has three events (Fencing, Taekwondo, and Arm Wrestling)
Good
  • More detailed graphics
  • Voice lines in some events
  • Archery is improved
 
Bad
  • Audio clues only on when to start a race
  • Some of the events are unnecessarily complex
  • Less intuitive controls
  • Two player versus mode only has three events (Fencing, Taekwondo, and Arm Wrestling)
 
6There are plenty of improvements over it's predecessor however the unintuitive controls and increased complexity make this a more difficult game to recommend.

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